Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition) - by Kate Atkinson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A twenty-fifth anniversary edition of award-winning, bestselling author Kate Atkinson's debut novel, <i>Behind the Scenes at the Museum</i>, a deeply moving and deeply funny family story of happiness and heartbreak </b> <p/><b>National Bestseller</b> <p/><b>Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year<br></b><br><b>A <i>New York Times Book Review</i> Notable Book of the Year</b> <p/>Ruby Lennox begins narrating her own life at the moment of her conception and from there takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of a girl determined to learn more about her family and the secrets it keeps. <p/>Kate Atkinson's dazzling first novel, named the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year in England, is a darkly comic, deeply moving story of family heartbreak and happiness.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Breathtaking...Kate Atkinson's luminescent imagery is sure and sophisticated, poetic and darkly comic...Astonishing."--Amanda Heller, <i>The Boston Globe <p/></i>"Remarkable...A multigenerational tale of a spectacularly dysfunctional Yorkshire family and one of the funniest works of fiction to come out of Britain in years."--Ben Macintyre, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"Delivers its jokes and tragedies as efficiently as Dickens once delivered his, though Atkinson has a game plan more sophisticated than Dickens's...Will dazzle readers for years to come."--Hilary Mantel, <i> London Review of Books <p/></i>"Scoundrels, malcontents, misfits, and cheats. Every family has them, though seldom are they handled with the winsome wit and wisecrackery that make<i> Behind the Scenes at the Museum</i> such a smart and funny read."--<i>The Washington Times <p/></i>"Startlingly original...A poignant and beautifully wrought portrait of a young girl's growth."--Johanna Stoberock, <i>The Seattle Times</i> <p/>"Really comic, really tragic, bracingly unsentimental...What a triumph! What joy!"--<i>Boston Sunday Globe</i> <p/>"Stunning...Out-Copperfields <i>David Copperfield</i>...A powerhouse of storytelling, a treasure chest bursting with the painful, pitiful, sad, always fascinating details of the most ordinary of lives."--Georgia Jones-Davis, <i>Los Angeles Times<br></i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Kate Atkinson</b> is the author of multiple award-winning and bestselling books, including <i>Transcription</i>, <i>A God in Ruins</i>, <i>Life After Life</i>, <i>Case Histories</i>, <i>Human Croquet</i>, and <i>Emotionally Weird</i>. Her debut novel, <i>Behind the Scenes at the Museum</i>, won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year prize in England. She lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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